All storefronts, with 2 large chain fast food restaurants and a tobacco shop.

Wow, you're sitting on gold mine. 

The best way to do this is considering your personal position is either by having direct relationship with someone who knows how to find motivated sellers or to buy from a reputable wholeseller and not one who daisy chains other peoples deals.I dedicate to RE on a daily basis and I am glad to help.

Any of those (plus Energy and dedication) will get you into deals and can add value where other investors lack your asset.There are also multiple spots in the "chain" of real estate.

There are unknowns in his chain of title .

Buy distressed or non-distressed notesCombination of several of theseThere are many others, like stocks, buying businesses, franchises, gold, oil, bitcoin, etc, but I'm a real estate guy, so that is how my brain thinks.

Imagine the kinds of daisy chains we had to deal with - I want your duplex but you don't want my SF. 

I find there's always a gold nuggets of information in each one and I go back to listen to a number of them multiple times.

Every now and then you can steal a property in a gold mine rental market from someone who needs to sell quick or downright makes a mistake (mistake in my scenario).

Like panning for gold, you have to get rid of the garbage before you get to the nuggets.